Hat-bow



(No Model.)

G. E. BRUSH. HAT BOW. No. 421,880. Patented Feb. 18,1890.

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UNITED STATES ATENT' OFFICE.

GEORGE E. BRUSH, OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT.

HAT-BOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 421,380, dated February18, 1890.

Application filed December 26, 1889- Serial No. 334,918. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. BRUSH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Danbury, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SelfAttaching Hat- Bows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention has for its object to provide a self-attaching hat-bow. Itis of course well understood that in hat-making the bows and bands areordinarily made separate and each secured to a hat independently bystitching, the bow being stitched over the band. My present inventionhas nothing to do with the band, which may be placed 011 a hat in anyordinary or preferred manner, but relates entirely to the bow, which Imake self-attaching-that is to say, provided with means of attachment,so that it may be placed on a hat at any time and by any person withoutstitching and without the use of any machinery whatever. In order stillfurther to simplify the operation and reduce the cost of making the bowsand putting them in place upon hats or caps, I provide that the prongedplate by which the bow is attached to the hat or cap shall also serve asthe means of holding the parts of the bow together and retaining it inshape. I thus insure a great saving in time and labor in attaehin g thebows in place, produce the bows themselves at a lower cost than hasheretofore been possible, and also provid e a bow that, when in place ona hat or cap, will permanently retain its shape and position withoutrequiring to be stitched.

lVith these ends in view I have devised the novel construction of whichthe following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings,is a specification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a hat, the c'urled brimbeing broken away to show the bow in position, Fig. 2, a view of thelong strip of the bow opened out; Figs. 3, 4-, and 5, views of prongedplates by which the bow is held in place; Fig. 6, a view showing themanner in which the bow is made, and Fig. 7 is a view of the completed.bow ready for at tachment to a hat.

As the invention is the same whether ap plied to hats or caps, I haveshown it as applied to a hat only.

1 denotes thebody of a hat; 2, the brim; 3, the band.

My invention has nothing to do with the style or quality of the hat orthe manner in which the band is attached. The bow is made of a long anda short strip of ribbon, denoted, respectively, by 4; and 5.

6 denotes an attaching-plate having at upper and lower edges prongs 7.These prongs are preferably made from the metal of the plate, and beforeuse stand. at a right angle to the plate. In practice I ordinarily makethe sides of the plate inwardly curved, as clearly shown in thedrawings, or, if preferred, the plate may be made as shown in Fig. 5.The plate may be provided with any number of prongs, although Ipreferably use three on each upper and lower edge.

The bow is made as follows: The long strip 4: is doubled over uponitself, as clearly shown in Fig. 6. The attaching-plate is placed in themiddle of the short strip, the edges of the plate having the prongs benttoward the ends of the strip, and then the long strip is laid over theshort strip transversely thereto, and the prongs upon the plate forcedthrough the edges of the long strip, as clearly shown in Fig. 6. Theends of the short strip are then folded down upon the back of thedoubled long strip, as clearly shown in Fig. 7, and the two centralprongs on the edges of the plate are clinched upon the short strip, asis also clearly shown in Fig. 7. This holds the parts of thebowfirmlytogether and holds the plate in place. The bow is then ready forattachment to a hat. The attachment consists in passing the four prongsof the plate which stand out at the back, as shown in Fig. 7, throughthe body of the hat from the outer side of the hat and then clinchingthem upon the inner side. It will be readily understood that the bow isheld in shape by the two turned-down prongs, so that there is nopossibility of the bow coming to pieces either before or after it isattached to a hat.

In order to hold the loop of the bow firmly in place upon the hat, Iordinarily use, in addition to plate 6, a narrow plate 8, (see Fig. 4,)having aprong 7 at each end, and also another one at the center madefrom the metal of the plate. This plate is placed between the twothicknesses of the doubled long strip at the end of the bow, either inmaking the how or after it is completed, all three of the prongs beingforced through at the back-that is, through the thickness thatbecomestheunder thickness when attached to a hat. The central prong is thenpressed down upon the back of the under thickness, as shown in Fig. 7.This holds the plate securely in place. WVhen the bow is placed upon ahat, the end prongs are pressed through the body of the hat, and thenclinched upon'the inner side thereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- I 1. A hat-bow providedwith a plate concealed within the bow, and having prongs which passthrough the material of the bow and are clinched to'hold it in shape,and other prongs adapted to pass through the bow toward the backandthrough the body of a hat and be clinched upon the inner side when it isdesired to secure the bow in place.

2. Aself-attaching hat-bow consisting of a long strip doubled over uponitself, a short strip adapted to go around'the long strip transversely,and a plate having prongs at its edges lying between the long and shortstrips, the prongs thereof passing through the thicknesses toward theback, certain of said prongs being clinched upon the back of the bow tohold the parts in place,'and other prongs serving to hold the bow inplace upon a hat.

3. A self-attaching hat-bow consisting of a long strip doubled over uponitself, a short strip adapted to be passed around the doubled longstrip, a plate 6, having prongs on opposite edges lying at right anglesto the plate, said plate lying between the short strip and the folds ofthe long strip, and a plate 8, also having prongs and lying between thethicknesses of the long strip at the outer end of the bow, all of saidprongs being passed through the material of the bow toward the back, andcertain of the prongs beingclinched to hold the plates in placeandsecure the parts of the bow together, the other prongs being adaptedto pass through the body of the hat and be clinched uponthe inner sideto retain the bow in place. a

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

V GEORGE E. BRUSH. WVitnesses:

JABEZ AMSBURY, WILLIAM A. GORDON.

